--- title: "Danny Julian Boggs | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danny-julian-boggs" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Danny Julian Boggs U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1986-present - Attorney, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1973-present - Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973-1975 - Deputy commissioner, Kentucky Department for Economic Security, Frankfort, KY, 1969-1970 - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - In summary, Judge Boggs has a distinguished career in law, public service, and the judiciary, with a long tenure on the Sixth Circuit, leadership as Chief Judge, and a background in both federal and state government roles ### Education - University of Chicago Law School; nominated to the Order of the Coif; winner of the Hinton Moot Court Competition; editor of the University of Chicago Law Review — J.D. (1968) - Harvard College — B.A. (1965) - Harvard University, cum laude — B.A. (1965) ### Additional information - Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor campaign, Louisville, KY, 1979-present - Private practice, Bowling Green, KY, 1975-present - Private practice, Frankfort, KY, 1973-present - Legislative counsel/assistant to minority leader, Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1972-present - Attorney, Kentucky Republican Campaign, 1972-present - Senior Status: Assumed senior status on February 28, 2017. - Service: held the role of a judge from 1986 to 2017, and as Chief Judge from September 30, 2003, to August 14, 2009. - Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2003-2009 - Appointed: Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on January 29, 1986, to a newly created seat on the Sixth Circuit; confirmed by the Senate on March 3, 1986, and commissioned March 25, 1986. - Deputy secretary of energy, 1983-1986 - Special assistant to the president, Executive Office of the President, 1981-1983 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981 - Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor campaign, Louisville, Kentucky, 1979 - Deputy minority counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-1979 - Assistant to the chairman, Federal Power Commission, 1975-1977 - Private practice, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1975 - Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1973 - Louie Nunn, KY, 1970-1971 - Legal counsel/administrative assistant to Governor Louie Nunn, Kentucky (1970–1971). - Bigelow Fellow and instructor, University of Chicago Law School (1968–1969). - Date of birth: 1944-01-01 - Legal counsel/administrative assistant, Gov. - Notable: Was on the short list of President George W. Bush’s candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court. - Birth place: Havana, Cuba ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377976) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377976) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377976) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/317/danny-julian-boggs/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/317/danny-julian-boggs/) - [Judge Danny Julian Boggs](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377976) - [Wikidata: Danny Julian Boggs](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5220496) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danny-julian-boggs", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danny-julian-boggs", "name": "Danny Julian Boggs | KnowJudges", "description": "Danny Julian Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 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